Management and Leadership: Common and Different

Features
Introduction
The terms “leadership” and “management” have been interpreted differently by people around the
world. Some say that the terms are interrelated while others claim that both terms refer to two
different roles and can therefore not be interchangeable (Dorothy 2006). The word, leadership, can
be termed as the process whereby a group is influenced by a certain individual or person to
enunciate a common objective.
On the other hand, researchers define the term management as trying to exercise some supervisory
or administrative directions to a certain organization or a specific group. For organization or
groups to be fully successful there is need for efficient and effective managers and leaders. Despite
the many similarities profound in both, where each is tasked with influencing certain groups and
association with power, some striking differences are also notable. One difference is that
management is more oriented on tasks whereas leadership will focus on inspiring others to be
more productive.